Experience

Here is an overview of the wide experience base Improventions builds its deliverables on:

Programming

Kinect 2 for Windows

Kinect for Windows 1, 2 (C#, C++, WPF, .NET, HTML5, JavaScript, Unity3D)

Orbbec Persee

Orbbec Astra and Persee (Unity3D, C#, C++, Gestoos)

Microsoft HoloLens

Microsoft HoloLens (C#, Unity3D)

HTC Vive

HTC Vive (Unity3D, C#)

Smartphone and smartwatch

Smartphones/wearables (Java, TypeScript, Ionic 2)

Microsoft Azure

Web services (HTML5, CSS3, LESS, JavaScript, jQuery, DevExtreme, ASP.NET, Azure, AWS)

Robot Studio

ABB's RobotStudio for industrial assembly robots

Sensable Phantom haptic device

Sensable Phantom (C++, OpenGL)

Palm Pilot PDA

Palm Pilot (Java, pioneering in 2001)

Desktop computers

Desktop/laptop computers (Java, C#, .NET, WPF)

Product Development

Jidobooks bookkeeping service

Jidobooks — the world's first actually easy bookkeeping service (as Chief Technology Officer)

Move Correctly automated posture assessment

Move Correctly — automated human posture and joint mobility assessment with Kinect (as Chief Technology Officer)

Visual Kinect de Bugger

Visual Kinect de Bugger recording and analysis tool (as Chief Improvention Officer)

ABB's' dual-arm assembly robot

Yumi dual-arm assembly robot (as User Experience Lead)

Ventyx power grid Network Manager

Ventyx (an ABB company) power grid Network Manager (as Scientist)

Requeste software

Requeste helpdesk and workflow management software (as Software Engineer)

Research Prototyping

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Kinect 2 based research prototype for learning traditional Indian dances (as Freelancer)

Finger tracker for research

Kinect 2 based finger tracker for researching human performance surgical box trainers (as Freelancer)

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Kinect 2 based research prototype for studying kinesthetic learning (as Freelancer)

Kyoto Balance Trainer Game

Kinect 2 based balance trainer game for studying the risk of falling (as Freelancer)

Urology simulator

Force feedback enabled urology simulator (as Ph.D. student)

Concept Development

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Patented Kinect 2 content authoring tool (as Freelancer)

UbiRing assistive user interface

UbiRing - smartphone use by just pointing (as Senior Research Fellow)

ABB's advanced safety suit

Advanced safety suit for industrial workers (as Principal Scientist)

Inventions: Top 6 patents

Patent: Method and system for authoring animated human movement examples with scored movements

Method and system for authoring animated human movement examples with scored movements (as Freelancer)

Patent: Recording and processing safety relevant observations for facilities

Recording and processing safety relevant observations for facilities (as Principal Scientist)

Patent: Device and method for the gesture control of a screen in a control room

Device and method for the gesture control of a screen in a control room (as Principal Scientist)

Patent: Mobile device with context specific transformation of data items to data images

Mobile device with context specific transformation of data items to data images (as Principal Scientist)

Patent: Power grid visualization

Power grid visualization (as Scientist)

Patent: Method for visualization of transmission flow in a system, an operator terminal and a supervisory control system

Method for visualization of transmission flow in a system, an operator terminal and a supervisory control system (as Scientist)

User research field visits
(e.g. task analysis)
  • Steel mill in The Netherlands
  • Thermal power plant in Sweden
  • Assembly plant in Switzerland
  • Robotic assembly solution integrator's workshop in Finland
  • Power grid control room in India
  • Automotive safety system assembly line in Sweden
  • Power grid control room in Oman
  • Power grid control rooms in United Arab Emirates
  • Personal trainer gyms in Singapore
  • Urology teaching classroom in Japan

Research: Top 6 papers

Research paper: Utilizing wearable computing in industrial service applications

Utilizing wearable computing in industrial service applications (as Principal Scientist)

Research paper: Subtle, natural and socially acceptable interaction techniques for ringterfaces — Finger-ring shaped user interfaces

Subtle, natural and socially acceptable interaction techniques for ringterfaces — Finger-ring shaped user interfaces (as Senior Research Fellow)

Research paper: Ubiquitous shortcuts: mnemonics by just taking photos

Ubiquitous shortcuts: mnemonics by just taking photos (as Senior Research Fellow)

Research paper: Lessons learned from using personas and scenarios for requirements specification of next-generation industrial robots

Lessons learned from using personas and scenarios for requirements specification of next-generation industrial robots (as Scientist)

Research paper: Evaluation of parallel coordinates for interactive alarm filtering

Evaluation of parallel coordinates for interactive alarm filtering (as Scientist)

Research paper: Asynchronous teaching of psychomotor skills through VR annotations

Asynchronous teaching of psychomotor skills through VR annotations (as Ph.D. student)

Research work utilized by leading research labs

  • Americas: MIT, Stanford, University of Maryland, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Toronto, Rice University, Honeywell Advanced Technology Labs, Human Centered Solutions, University of Minnesota, University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa...
  • Europe: Kings’ College London, University College London, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Technische Universität München, University of Bremen, Aalborg University, University of Stuttgart, University of Notre Dame, Aalto University, Technische Universität Dresden, Chalmers University of Technology, Hewlett-Packard Italy Innovation Center, ABB Corporate Research, University of Oulu...
  • Asia: Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Osaka University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology, Kyoto University...

Employment Background

ABB Group

ABB Group, Sweden, a multi-national Fortune 300 company group

Jidobox

Jidobox, Singapore, startup

Sysart

Sysart, Finland, a leading Finnish software firm

Kyoto University

Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan

Nanyang Technological University

COSMIC innovation centre, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

University of Oulu

Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland

Almae Matres

Kyoto University

Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan

University of Oulu

Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland

Previous Research Collaborators

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Blekinge Institute of Technology

Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden

HIT Lab NZ

HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

ATR Labs

Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Japan

NAIST

Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

Some indicative numbers

11
Years of software startup background
4
Years of industrial automation background
5
Years of research experience in top universities
5
Countries & cultures
6
Industrial awards
25
Patents/invention disclosures
2
Research tracks founded in an industrial corporation
1
Innovation of the year concept
5
Academic awards, nominations & competed grants
55
Scientific publications
10
Organizer roles in scientific events
20
Peer-review duties in top scientific conferences
20
Years of formal education
2
Post-graduate degrees
2
Countries of academic origin
3
Years of Ph.D. studies (only)
11
Application domains
13
Field research visits doing task analysis
15
Scientists' team leading experience
13
Cross-organizational initiatives
(As you may know, numbers are often used to emphasize and give credibility to scientific facts.)
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